Taxonomies Quotes & Sayings

Melody and harmony are like lines and colors in pictures. A simple linear picture may be completely beautiful; the introduction of color may make it vague and insignificant. Yet color may, by combination with lines, create great pictures, so long as it does not smother and destroy their value. — Rabindranath Tagore

Until he had come up with a name, he was too pathetic to look at
a real idiot. But now that he had some label like graviconcentrate, he thought that he understood everything and life was a breeze. — Arkady Strugatsky

She turned back to the reporter, holding out the microphone. I'm not an expert, I'm a survivor. I hope you can learn how to be one yourself. — Rose Wynters

Arms outstretched in welcome could quickly become arms that grabbed. — Terry Pratchett

For a moment, she was quiet. Then she grabbed my hand, whispered, "Run run run run run," and took off, pulling me behind her. — John Green

I've never had anorexia, but I know it well. I see it on the street, in the gaunt and sunken face, the boney chest, the spindly arms of an emaciated woman. I've come to recognize the flat look of despair, the hopelessness that follows, inevitably, from years of starvation. I think: That could have been [me]. It wasn't. It's not. — Harriet Brown

As far as Iraq is concerned, let's not forget what the UNSCR is about, that the main consideration in Iraq is that there is a leader who has been developing weapons of mass destruction, and has been violating UN resolutions for over a decade. — Donald Evans

Collect yourself: to smother what you feel, recall to order, summon in one place; making, like Orpheus, a system against loss. — Ruth Padel

The classification above is based on a 2011 presentation by MIT grad student David Hernandez for my cosmology class. Because such simplistic taxonomies are strictly impossible, they should be taken with a large grain of salt: — Max Tegmark

I love taxonomies, categories, ways of dividing people into groups. — Gretchen Rubin

We can't avoid st ruct ure a void structure — Anonymous

The banquet is in the first bite. — Michael Pollan

I never sweat about work. I just assume work's coming. — David Koechner

Please stop waiting for a better and more appropriate time to become happy and focus on the moment you live in. Happiness is not an arrival, it is the journey itself. Many people seek for happiness above the height of human beings, some below. Yet, happiness is exactly at the exact height of human beings. — Confucius

The things that really shake the human soul aren't beauty or kindness. Although such things are certainly moving, but those feelings don't last long. But ... anger or sadness are different. They leave an undelible mark. Even after the wound heals ... you can never forget the pain completely. — Fuyumi Soryo